Paul-Émile Lamarche (December 21, 1881 – October 11, 1918) was a

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lawyer and political figure in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. He represented Nicolet in the

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from 1911 to 1916 as a Conservative. He was born in

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, the son of Azarie Lamarche and Julia Paquette, and was educated at the Petit Séminaire Saint-Sulpice, the

Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal Collège Sainte-Marie was a college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It ceased to exist in 1969, when it was merged into UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal). History Collège Ste-Marie was founded by Jesuits in 1848. It had an English secto ...

and the Université Laval. He articled in law with

Thomas Chase Casgrain Thomas Chase-Casgrain, (28 July 1852 – 29 December 1916), also known as Thomas Casgrain, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician. As a young attorney he became famous for his participation in the prosecution of Louis Riel. He was bor ...

and set up practice in Montreal. Lamarche found himself in opposition to the Conservative party in the House of Commons on the issue of French language instruction in Ontario and bilingual instruction in Manitoba. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1916. Lamarche died two years later at the age of 36.

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* Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs 1881 births 1918 deaths {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub